POLS 3124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, Navajo Nation, Equal Protection Clause

• School: Temple University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3124
• Professor: Mitchell Sellers

Document Summary

Baehr v. lewin (1993) - denying same-sex couples marriage licenses is a form of discrimination: hawaii must prove an interest to ban same-sex marriage. Same-sex marriage bans are not protected by the full faith and credit clause: bans: 1996: 19 states, 17 more by the end of the 1990s. 2000s: navajo nation; bush increased conservative voter turnout; vermont allows civil unions; louisiana"s ban brought the case to the supreme court. 2006: ballot measures start facing heavy opposition. 2007: new york recognized a same-sex marriage: federal government wrongfully imposed ,000 in taxes after her wife died. 2013: u. s. v. windsor: doma - marriage and spouse refer to legal unions. In 2011, federal government refused to defend doma; bipartisan legal. Advisory group in congress les a petition to dismiss the case: court denied the motion, doma deemed unconstitutional because it violated the 5th amendment"s. Due process clause: doma imposed a disadvantage, a separate status, and so a stigma on same-sex couples.